Thursby Avenue & Beach 66th Street

Thursby Avenue and Beach 66th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. P.S./M.s 042 R. Vernam is 220 feet away. The nearest subway, Beach 67 St, is about seven minutes on foot, for the A. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, four of them religious buildings, and two places to eat. About 600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1960, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
3 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Beach 67 St
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
1,000 feet
Beach Channel Dr/Beach 67 St · Q22, QM15, QM17
Within a walk
8 places
4 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Thursby Avenue & Beach 66th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Beach 67 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. Beach 67 St A
    0.3 miles
    A

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. A …
Far Rockaway
1 line
  1. A …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “On and Off the Boardwalk” (2011) by Ingo Fast at the Beach 67 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Beach Channel Dr/Beach 67 St, 1,000 feet away, for the Q22, QM15 and QM17.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Beach Channel Dr/Beach 67 St Q22, QM15, QM17 · Shelter
    1,000 feet
    Q22 QM15 QM17
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q22 …
  2. QM15 …
  3. QM17 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 12 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge at Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge & Beach 92nd Street, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 38-01 Beach Channel Drive Gas station
    1.5 miles
  2. 101-19 Rockaway Beach Boulevard Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    1.9 miles
  3. 248 Beach 116th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported four crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2023.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11692
Community board
Queens Community Board 14
City Council district
31
Police precinct
100
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere
Elevation
3 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 59 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the 'Green Vase' zelkova and the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 19 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2015 and August 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Beach 66th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of Beach 66th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of Thursby Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Thursby Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S./M.s 042 R. Vernam School
    220 feet
  2. Battalion Christian Academy Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    630 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Almeda Playground
    390 feet

Health care

  1. Resort Nursing Home Nursing home or hospice
    910 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and two food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Beach 66th Street or Thursby Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health and NYS Agriculture and Markets, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.